The Decades of Life: A Guide to Human Development

by Donald Capps

Overview

In groundbreaking fashion Donald Capps builds on Erik Erikson's work on the eight stages of life by focusing on the decades of life. This important modification allows developmental theory to be applied to the way people discuss life stages—in ten-year periods. Capps integrates the insights of psychology with those of pastoral care to show pastors and students how the decades of life help us all to understand the journey of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664232412
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	08/15/2008
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Donald Capps is Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has written many books, including The Decades of Life and Jesus the Village Psychiatrist.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     ix
Introduction     xi
The Preadult Decades
The First Decade: The Hopeful Self     3
The Second Decade: The Willing Self     21
The Younger-Adult Decades
The Third Decade: The Purposeful Self     45
The Fourth Decade: The Competent Self     65
The Middle Adult Decades
The Fifth Decade: The Faithful Self     83
The Sixth Decade: The Loving Self     101
The Seventh Decade: The Caring Self     123
The Older-Adult Decades
The Eighth Decade: The Wise Self     145
The Ninth Decade: The Graceful Self     171
The Tenth Decade: The Enduring Self     193
Epilogue: The 100 Club     211
References     217
Index     223